India's largest hackathon seriesfor students

Bharat Builds Tour

In collaboration with AWS Builder Center

A learning-by-building tour for university students, run with the people who built the cloud. Ship something worth putting on your resume, win from a prize pool worth ₹1 crore, and get fast-tracked into interviews at Amazon. All six run online, so you can enter every one from anywhere in India.

Prize pool

Prizes worth ₹1 crore

Across the tour, in gadgets and cloud credits.

Fast-track interviews

Amazon

Skip the screening round. Top 10 students from top projects go straight to interviews for a 6-month internship and full-time roles.

01 / The Prize

What's on the table.

Prizes worth ₹1 crore and a fast-track into Amazon, both for shipped projects. The rest of the haul is yours for turning up.

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Worth of prizes across the tour · Gadgets and cloud credits

Prizes at every stop

Prizes worth ₹1 crore, in gadgets and cloud credits, spread across all six hackathons, with winners at every stop.

Judged in the open

Online and in-person builders work on the same problem statement and will be judged on the same criteria.

From Build to Spotlight

Standout projects from every city get a mention in the official WeMakeDevs wrap-up blog post, in front of the whole community.

The prize board

6events

Every one has its own prizes and its own winners. One registration covers all six.

Fast-track hiring at Amazon.

Top 10 students from top projects · 6-month internship and full-time roles

Top pre-final year (2028) and final year (2027) projects are eligible for a fast-track interview with Amazon's University Talent Acquisition Team. No screening round: the project stands in for it.

The internship

6months

With the AWS team. Full time roles are on the table too.

  1. Build

    01

    Ship a project at any stop

  2. Shortlist

    02

    Top 10 students from top projects go forward

  3. Interview

    03

    Straight to Amazon, screening round skipped

Pre-final (2028) and final year (2027) students. Terms apply.Read the terms

What you carry home.

Stamped free at every stop both for offline and online.

Live workshopsBharat Builds '26

Hands-on with AWS experts, in the room and on the stream.

Mentors on callBharat Builds '26

Office hours with solutions architects, all weekend.

AWS creditsBharat Builds '26

Build on the real services, on the house.

Builder CenterBharat Builds '26

A community to learn, build, and connect with developers, well beyond the weekend.

CertificateBharat Builds '26

A WeMakeDevs certificate, to showcase your experience.

Skill badgesBharat Builds '26

WeMakeDevs badges, earned stop after stop.

Tour swagBharat Builds '26

In-person attendees only. The shirt says you were there.

ShowcaseBharat Builds '26

Top projects get a mention in the official WeMakeDevs wrap-up blog post.

02 / Home Base

Start at AWS Builder Center

Three steps, all free. The first two are what every entry on the tour depends on.

  1. 01

    Create your Builder Center profile

    Every participant needs one. It's the profile your entry is checked against at every event.

    Two minutesFreeNo credit card
    Create your profile
  2. 02

    Verify you're a student

    Verify your university enrollment on the same profile. Your entry can't be scored without it, and it unlocks $579 of rewards as you earn badges.

    $449A year of Skill Builder premium
    900+ courses, hands-on labs, and exam prep. It lands as soon as your student status checks out.
    Certification voucher of $100 value
    A foundational AWS certification, on the house. Unlocked by the badges on your profile.
    $30AWS credits
    Credits for the real services, earned the same way: badge by badge.
    Verify to earn rewards

    University students aged 18 and over. Enrollment is verified on the Builder Center.

  3. 03

    Join the WeMakeDevs space

    Introduce yourself in our space and say what you're building. The Builder Center is where you network with other builders, find a team, and get every tour update first.

    Join the spaceJoin Discord
Signing up, verifying as a student, and claiming a reward
03 / Deploying IRL

Upcoming hackathons

Every stop runs online
Open to university students anywhere in India, alongside a limited number of in-person seats in the city hosting that stop.
Take part in as many as you like
Entering one hackathon never rules out another, and nobody has to wait for the tour to reach their city.
One signup covers the tour
Register once, here, and then check in to each hackathon as it opens.
First Commit poster: event 01 of the Bharat Builds Tour, Sept 17 to 20, ₹20 lakh worth of cash prizes, cloud credits and gadgets, fast-track hiring at Amazon, online plus a build day in BangaloreEvent 01

First Commit

Sept 17 – 20, 2026

Online

Sept 17 – 20

Anywhere in India

In person

Sept 19

Bangalore

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Event 02

Bharat Builds, city still to be announced

Still to be announced. Whichever city it turns out to be, this stop is open online to all of India. Everyone registered for the tour hears first.

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Event 03

Bharat Builds, city still to be announced

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Event 04

Bharat Builds, city still to be announced

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Event 05

Bharat Builds, city still to be announced

Still to be announced. Whichever city it turns out to be, this stop is open online to all of India. Everyone registered for the tour hears first.

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Event 06

Bharat Builds, city still to be announced

Still to be announced. Whichever city it turns out to be, this stop is open online to all of India. Everyone registered for the tour hears first.

04 / FAQ

Got questions?

You don't need to be ready.

You need to start.

Every mentor on this tour was once exactly where you are: curious, slightly overwhelmed, and one project away from it all making sense. This is that project.

Bangalore is up first. See you there.